@Endy: Indonesia uses the english alphabet? That's cool. I thought it was cool how India uses the line above the words. I had someone I knew in high school write my name with that writing, not knowing it was from India, only knowing it was from the near east. it was cool. ^.^

Malay is indeed similar although some words make me want to laugh. Like we call refrigerator lemari es, it may sound funny to u. But your peti es sounds funny too But Tagalog. I dont know it sounds very different.

@Mel: Yeah Indonesian uses alphabet although we have different pronunciation. Your name is still Mel in Indonesian. ANd it will make u happy to know that ur name will still be pronounced in the same way as English Mel. My name on the other hand has the same English pronunciation as English Andy. Andy on the other hand is pronounced differently. The A will sound like the A in cAr.

@Mel: Indonesian is MUCH easier than english! We hv no hectic rules like gerund, tenses, etc. And we spell the alphabet as it reads. For example: we dont turn double O into U sound like 'book' in english. Coz of this, we dont hv double vowel. Wait till u learn Indonesian U will wish English were as simple as this. Indonesian is surely more simple than Spanish too coz Indonesian knows NO tenses!

@whateverwinnie: LOL Peti sejuk? That gives me a laugh I just picture a wooden 'peti' (box - for those who dont know any Indonesian/Malay) with breezy air flowing in it. And it looks funny if u would store food in it to freeze it How come teh same thing has different name? And why those names make us laugh? That's weird

How co u call TOILET in Malay? We call it WC (from Dutch) and also 'kamar kecil' (translated: small room)

@Mel: Soy is 'to be' right? In this case soy goes with I like I AM. Hey, I still remember some of my spanish

@whateverwinnie: Bilik Air? (water cubicle) LOL In my head, I didnt imagine a toilet, but a flooded cubicle Why do the malay laugh at indo words? And why do the indo laugh at malay words? Speaking of soy, in spanish, soy is indeed to be form for I. But Mel was referring to soy in SOYbean (kacang kedelai - I dont know the malay word for soybean).